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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the director of the Division Political Department that interviews Ye Wenjie in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) Director Lin.
(b) Director Cheng.
(c) Director Wen.
(d) Director Zhang.

2. What field studies celestial objects at radio frequencies?
(a) Astrophysics.
(b) Relativity astronomy.
(c) Radio astronomy.
(d) Nanotechnology.

3. At the National Astronomical Center at the Space Observation Center, Sha Ruishan examines data from three satellites. When was the COBE launched, according to the narrator in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1979.

4. When did Einstein visit Shanghai, according to the narrative in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1922.

5. When was the book Silent Spring published?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1969.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ye Wenjie's daughter that Wang comes to see her about in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?

2. Who holds Ye Wenjie back when she tries to save her father in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

3. From what belief system does the translator note the term "Monsters and Demons" is derived in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

4. What was the codename for China's first test of a three-staged thermonuclear device?

5. What are the May Seventh Cadre Schools described as in the Translator's Note in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Ye Zhetai? What is his character's importance in The Three-Body Problem?

2. What subjects does Ye Wenjie study in Chapter 12, "Red Coast II"? Why?

3. What setting is established in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"? How is it described?

4. What setting is described when Wang logs onto the Three Body game in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?

5. What satellites are described in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?

6. Who is Shao Lin and what is revealed about her character in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

7. What does Shi relate to Wang regarding the academic community in Chapter 10, "Da Shi"?

8. What is revealed in the "Translator's Notes" in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

9. What setting is established in Chapter 4, “The Frontiers of Science"? How much time has passed as Part II: "Three-Body" begins?

10. What information does Cheng Lihua try to get from Ye Wenjie while she is jailed?

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